Butler and UT Martin will meet for the first time in program history on Thursday night. Action at Hinkle Fieldhouse is set for 7p.m. The contest will also stream live on FloSports.com.
 
GameDay
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com
Watch: FloSports.com
 
Bulldog Bits
- Caroline Strande and Kilyn McGuff combined to score 45 of Butler's 70 points in the Boise State win.
- McGuff recorded her third double-double of the season in the victory with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
- McGuff is tied with Olivia Olsen (PC) for the BIG EAST lead in double-doubles this season.
- McGuff leads the team and ranks fifth in the conference in rebounds per game (6.9).
- McGuff hit four 3-pointers in the first half and helped seal the win by making 10 second half free throws.
- The Bulldogs lead the league in free throw attempts (20.6) and free throws made (14.4) per game.
- Butler has attempted 20 or more free throws in three-straight games and six times overall.
- Strande scored 10 of her game-high 23 points in the third quarter vs. the Broncos.
- Strande ranks seventh in the BIG EAST in points per game with her 16.3 scoring average.
- Strande ranks second among all BIG EAST players in made 3-pointers (20).
- Strande needs just five more 3-pointers to reach 100 in her career.
- Seven more made free throws will move Strande's career total to 200.
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in bench points per game (28.6).
- The Bulldog bench has outscored the opponent bench in seven of their nine games.
- Cristen Carter ranks second in the league in blocked shots (14) and is fifth in blocks per game (1.5).
- Lily Carmody ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in total steals (21) and eighth in steals per game (2.3).
- Karsyn Norman tied her career-high assist total vs. Boise State (6).
- Norman ranks sixth in the league in assist to turnover ratio.
 
BIG EAST Standings
UConn 6-0
St. John's 7-1
Butler 7-2
Creighton 5-2
Seton Hall 5-2
Villanova 5-2
Marquette 4-2
Georgetown 4-3
Xavier 4-3
Providence 4-5
DePaul 3-5
 
Scouting UT Martin                                                                            
The Skyhawks spent Thanksgiving in Hawaii, participating in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown. Three losses in tournament play moved their overall record to 1-7. Their first game in Honolulu came against #1 UCLA and host Hawaii would hand them a loss in game two. The third was an overtime thriller that featured Fresno State hanging on for the win. Head Coach Kevin McMillan is in his 16th year at the helm of the Skyhawk program. He is the school's all-time wins leader with 281 career victories. McMillan's top player on the 2024 roster is forward Anaya Brown. She leads the team in scoring (13.0) and rebounding (5.9).
 
All-Time Series                                                                                                   
This is the first meeting between Butler and UT Martin.
 
NET Rankings                                                                                       
The first NET rankings came out December 1st and the Bulldogs were listed at 64th. UConn leads the league at No. 4 and seven BIG EAST schools appear in the top 100.
 
Two With 20                                                                                                         
Caroline Strande and Kilyn McGuff became the first Bulldog teammates to score 20 points in the same game since Dec. 10, 2023. That day, Jordan Meulemans paced the Bulldogs with 23 points and Strande added 22 in a win over Chicago State.
 
Strande Makes All-Tournament Team                                                        
Caroline Strande averaged 15 points per game in Florida during a three-game stretch in the Gulf Coast Showcase. She shot 47 percent from the field (16-34) and 35 percent from 3-point range (5-14). Strande only needed eight in the win over Santa Clara, but poured in 14 vs. #5 Texas. She erupted for 23 in the victory over Boise State.
 
A Look At Last Week                                                                                         
Butler went 2-1 last week to earn third place in the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Bulldogs averaged nearly 70 points per game and had three players averaging double figures. #5 Texas won the championship game in Florida over #12 West Virginia.
 
History Has Been Made                                                                                  
The Bulldogs won six games during the month of November for the first time in program history. Head Coach Austin Parkinson guided BU to four November wins in his first season with the program and five in 2023-24. BU also won five games during the opening month of the season in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
 
Parkinson Named to 2025 Silver Anniversary Team               
Austin Parkinson was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2025 Silver Anniversary Team on Tuesday. The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors selected eighteen men based on their outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago. Parkinson averaged 20.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3.6 steals as a senior at Northwestern H.S.
 
Final Four From The Non-Con                                                                      
Butler only has four non-conference games left on the 2024-25 schedule. The final four teams are UT Martin, Ohio, Wisconsin and Saint Francis. The only road game during this stretch is the contest at Ohio. BIG EAST play starts Saturday, Dec. 21 when Butler travels to Chicago to play DePaul at 3 p.m.
 
Home Sweet Hinkle                                                                                         
The Bulldogs are undefeated at home with a 4-0 record. Wins have come against Chicago State, Indiana, Indiana State and UMass Lowell. All four victories were double-digit wins.
 
Heating Up                                                                                                           
Butler made 10 3-pointers in two of their three games in the Gulf Coast Showcase. They went 10-for-24 vs. Santa Clara (41%) and 10-for-23 vs. Boise State (43.5%). The Bulldogs rank fourth in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goal percentage (35.1).
 
100 Games                                                                                                          
Sydney Jaynes will appear in her 100th game as a Bulldog on Thursday night. Jaynes has logged over 2,200 minutes of playing time at Butler and has started in nearly 60 games.
 
1,000 Point Watch List                                                                                     
Three Bulldogs are closing in on 1,000 career points this year. Caroline Strande is the closest at 906. The graduate guard scored 484 points for BU last year just missing the program's top ten list for most points scored in a single-season. Belmont transfer Kilyn McGuff has 816 career points and Sydney Jaynes is up to 752 points.
 
Signing Day Standouts                                                                                    
Addison Baxter and Anna Wypych will join the Butler women's basketball program next year. Baxter is a 5-9 guard from Columbia City H.S. that entered her senior season with 1,162 career points. Wypych is a 6-0 guard that attends Rockford H.S. She is the career assist leader at Rockford and helped the Rams win their first-ever State Championship in 2023.
 
Cheers To 50                                                                                                       
The Butler women's basketball program is celebrating 50 years of Bulldog basketball in 2024-25. Over the previous 49 years, BU has recorded 689 wins under the direction of nine head coaches. The program record for most wins in a single-season was set in 1980-81 when the Bulldogs went 26-2 under the leadership of Linda Mason. Butler's only NCAA Tournament appearance came in 1995-96 when BU posted a 21-9 overall record.
 
Up Next                                                                                                                 
Butler will be in Ohio this weekend to face the Bobcats at the Convocation Center. The 1 p.m. tip will stream on ESPN+.